论文信息 - On the relationship between the density functional formalism and the potential distribution theory for nonuniform fluids

On the relationship between the density functional formalism and the potential distribution theory for nonuniform fluids

It is shown that the variational principle for the grand potential of a nonuniform fluid as a functional of the singlet density yields the potential distribution theory for the equilibrium density. We derive the explicit form that the functional takes for a system of hard rods, and propose an approximate one for hard spheres. Attractive interactions are also considered in mean-field approximation. In all cases the pair direct correlation function of the nonuniform system is obtained and the density gradient expansion of the free energy is investigated.

Alberto Robledo | C. Varea | A. Robledo | C. Varea

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